The Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center’s inmate housing is still without air conditioning despite the Missouri General Assembly approving the funding for the installation more than a year ago.
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Mid-Missourians opposed to Israel’s war in Gaza took to the streets in Columbia on Wednesday — the same day Israel’s top politician is set to address Congress.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIOLET, La. (AP) — A volunteer-heavy effort to restore some of Louisiana’s eroding coast with recycled oyster shells was part of the scenic backdrop for a visit from the head of AmeriCorps, the federal agency that deploys volunteers to serve communities around the nation. Michael Smith, the CEO of AmeriCorps, visited a staging
Continue ReadingLICKING, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Supreme Court puts release of man whose murder conviction was reversed on hold, just as he was about to go free.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The FBI has searched the Long Island home of a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. The former staffer, Linda Sun, has not been accused of wrongdoing. An FBI spokesman declined to release details beyond confirming court-authorized law enforcement activity on Tuesday. The New York Times first reported the search of
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election.
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer The Justice Department submitted an agreement with Boeing on Wednesday in which the aerospace giant will plead guilty to a fraud charge for misleading U.S. regulators who approved the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. The detailed plea agreement was filed in federal district court in
Continue ReadingLICKING, Mo. (AP) — APNEWSALERT REMOVED: {Judge orders release of Missouri man whose murder conviction was reversed over AG’s objections}.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A record 17 California condor chicks hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo during this year’s breeding season for the endangered birds, officials announced Wednesday. All the chicks will be candidates for release into the wild as part of the California Condor Recovery Program, the LA Zoo said in a statement. The
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Cole County emergency medical personnel have been approved for new bullet-stopping vests.
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The chief executive officer of a biotech company with ties to the largest public corruption case in Mississippi history pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of wire fraud for improperly using welfare funds intended to develop a concussion drug. Jacob VanLandingham entered the plea at a hearing in Jackson before U.S.
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election.
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ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election.
Continue ReadingAP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris is already facing a wave of Republican-backed attack ads questioning her leadership, her progressive record and what she knew about President Joe Biden’s decline. For now, however, Democrats have yet to engage in the summertime advertising fight. Overall, Trump’s team is outspending Harris’ 25-to-1 on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country’s democracy as he laid out in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris. Insisting that “the defense of democracy is more
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods said Wednesday that the state will pay for districts to teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, a day after he said districts could only teach the course using local funds. In the face of blossoming outrage, the Georgia Department of Education
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of wildfires are blazing across several western states, with some areas under air quality alerts or advisories. The Durkee Fire in Oregon, the largest active blaze in the U.S. and one of 31 fires in the state, covered nearly 400 square miles and an air quality warning was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Justice watchdog investigation has found no evidence that politics played an improper role in a decision to propose a lighter prison sentence for Roger Stone, a close ally of former President Donald Trump. The inspector general launched the investigation after four lawyers who prosecuted Stone quit the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A judge has rejected Texas’ attempts to compel a deposition from one of the largest migrant shelters on the U.S.-Mexico border. Wednesday’s ruling dealt the latest legal setback for a widening Republican-led investigation into migrant aid groups. Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley is among several nonprofits targeted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Police say two more state troopers who were part of the Karen Read murder trial over the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend are now facing an internal affairs investigation. The Massachusetts State Police announced Wednesday that Detective Lt. Brian Tully and Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik are under investigation along
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